Why?
He can do such a thing?
But I can't?
Seeing Ichigo about to be killed by the Hollow, Rukia, at the last moment, took the fatal blow for Ichigo.
"Idiot, if you keep spacing out like this, you won't be able to protect your family!"
Kurosaki Ichigo finally came to his senses and quickly asked Rukia what to do now.
Rukia plunged her Zanpakuto into Ichigo's body.
All the power of a Shinigami was forcefully absorbed into Ichigo's body.
Ichigo became a Shinigami!
Facing the surging Hollow, Ichigo raised his Zanpakuto high, and his terrifying spiritual pressure flowed like mercury.
With just one strike, Ichigo cut the Hollow in half!
After slaying the Hollow, Ichigo didn't even have time to be excited before his vision suddenly went black.
When he woke up again, it was already the next morning.
Strangely, neither his father nor his two younger sisters remembered what happened last night.
"Was I dreaming?"
Looking at the house, which looked as if it had been ravaged by a tornado, Ichigo dismissed that thought.
What happened last night was real.
On his way to school, Ichigo sometimes looked down at his hands, finding it hard to believe that these hands had slain a Hollow last night.
"I wonder who's stronger, me in my Shinigami state or Chu Yang..."
With curiosity, Ichigo pushed open the classroom door.
His gaze was directed towards Chu Yang, but he ended up seeing an unexpected figure.
Ichigo froze completely.
Rukia was standing next to Chu Yang, and the two of them were chatting and laughing.
She was even wearing the school uniform!
"What's going on?"
During lunch break.
The three gathered on the school rooftop.
Rukia explained her current state to Ichigo and Chu Yang.
Ichigo then realized that he had absorbed all of Rukia's power.
Chu Yang picked his ears; he already knew the whole story.
"Before I recover my powers, I'll be staying here for a while. I hope you can keep it a secret for me."
Rukia looked at Chu Yang, feeling a bit uneasy. In her impression, Chu Yang didn't seem like an easy person to talk to.
"I know. If there's nothing else, I'll head back first." Chu Yang yawned and walked towards the stairwell.
"You just agreed like that?"
Rukia stared blankly at him.
"What else?" Chu Yang looked back with a surprised expression, then simply walked away.
Rukia turned to Ichigo and said, "I thought he would ask for something from me, after all, I'm a Shinigami."
"He's not that kind of person." Ichigo shook his head and then walked towards the stairwell, "Alright, I'm also going back..."
Before he could finish speaking, Ichigo felt a hard punch to the back of his head.
"You bastard, you ambushed me!"
Kurosaki Ichigo turned around angrily.
He suddenly found his body lying on the ground, and looking down, he realized he had become a spirit form.
"You just became a Shinigami, there's still a lot you don't know. I have to give you some extra lessons."
Meanwhile, Chu Yang, who knew the plot was starting, was considering whether he should intervene.
He was very interested in the powers of Zanpakuto and Kidō.
His 'other selves' in other worlds also needed such power.
And to obtain Zanpakuto and Kidō, the best way was to follow Kurosaki Ichigo into Soul Society.
Lost in thought, Chu Yang didn't notice that he bumped into a student while going downstairs.
Miraculously, neither of them was injured.
It was like two walls colliding.
Chu Yang looked up at the boy who was much taller than him.
Chadu Yasutora!
Chadu had been very troubled lately.
Ever since he got a parrot from a friend last time, he had become extremely unlucky.
It wasn't just as simple as choking on cold water.
Either he was almost hit by falling heavy objects, or he was almost run over by a car.
In short, every time it was a fatal disaster.
This made Chadu distracted, so he decided to go to the rooftop for some fresh air, and ended up colliding with Chu Yang.
"I'm sorry." Chadu instinctively put his hand on Chu Yang's shoulder and apologized to him.
But he found that Chu Yang was standing very steadily, with no sign of falling.
"I'm fine." Chu Yang waved his hand, looked at the somewhat haggard Chadu, and asked, "Your complexion looks quite serious though. Haven't you been resting well lately?"
Chadu hesitated to speak, but finally shook his head, indicating that he was fine.
Chu Yang smiled, "I heard that the parrot you brought to school today is the widely rumored cursed parrot?"
Chadu asked in surprise, "How did you know?"
"I told you, I heard." Chu Yang patted Chadu's shoulder, reminding him, "If anything feels wrong, you can tell Kurosaki Ichigo, he can handle it."
"Ichigo?"
Chadu wanted to ask why, but found that Chu Yang had already walked away.
After school, Chadu, as usual, took the same route home, only this time he carried an exquisite birdcage with a parrot inside.
The parrot was eerily quiet, occasionally revealing human-like eyes.
Neither the human nor the parrot noticed that Chu Yang was silently following behind them.
This parrot contained the soul of a human child named Yuichi.
Yuichi's soul was forcefully stuffed into the parrot's body by a Hollow.
This was done for revenge.
When that Hollow was still human, he was an unrepentant murderer. During one of his crimes, he targeted Yuichi and his mother. Yuichi's mother was killed protecting him, and Yuichi, in his panic, tripped the murderer, causing him to fall to his death from their home's balcony.
Filled with resentment, the murderer became a Hollow and began to take revenge on Yuichi.
This was a guy who was evil to the core, both in life and after death.
In Rukia's words, he should be sent to hell and suffer eternal punishment!
Chu Yang wanted to personally deal with this Hollow, who was once a murderer.
And do a small experiment along the way.
He couldn't help it; he hadn't had a chance to find other Hollows for experiments during this time.
Because he hadn't encountered a single Hollow.
It had to be said, the Shinigami's work efficiency was really good.
Chadu's residence was quite far from the school. Taking the bus would be faster, but he still chose to walk.
He knew that if he went into crowded places, he might implicate innocent Roux.
In the past few days, there had been too many accidents caused by him.
After walking for a while, Chadu suddenly felt a palpitation. In the past, whenever disaster was imminent, he would experience a similar feeling.
Chadu vigilantly looked around, and a loud honk suddenly sounded behind him.
An out-of-control truck was rushing towards him.
Another car accident!
After realizing what was happening, Chadu quickly lunged towards the open space on his right, and as he fell, he tightly clutched the birdcage in his arms.
"Beep! Beep! Beep!"
The urgent honking, accompanied by the whistling wind, swept past Chadu at lightning speed.
Bang!!!
The truck crashed directly into a utility pole by the roadside, and more than half of the cab instantly collapsed.
"Phew~~~"
Sitting on the concrete ground, Chadu let out a long sigh of relief, "That was a close call."
"It wasn't a close call, it was coming for you."
Chadu looked up and saw Chu Yang walking past him, and asked in surprise, "Chu Yang, how are you here?"
Chu Yang didn't answer him, but walked step by step towards the out-of-control truck.
"What do you mean 'coming for me'?" Chadu stood up, holding the birdcage, and asked, following behind Chu Yang.